compilator

Definitions of compilator
  1. noun
    (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
    synonyms: compiler, samensteller
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    type of:
    computerprogramma, programma, programmablad, programmaboekje
    (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
  2. noun
    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
    synonyms: compiler, encyclopedist
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    types:
    lexicograaf, lexicoloog, woordenaar, woordenboekmaker
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
    etymoloog
    a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
    type of:
    auteur, opsteller, schr., schrijfster, schrijver, steller, stelmonteur
    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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